Abies religiosa

Abies religiosa, Mexico State, Mexico

Abies religiosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Oiamel
Species: Abies religiosa
Subspecies: A. r. subsp. mexicana – A. r. subsp. religiosa

Name

Abies religiosa (Kunth) Mirb., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 70 (1825). (with indirect reference to basionym, permissible according to Art. 41.3 ICN (Shenzhen Code))

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pinus religiosa Kunth in Humboldt & Bonpland, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2 5): 5, (1817).
• Homotypic
  • Abies religiosa (Kunth) Schltdl. & Cham., Linnaea 5(1): 77 (1830). comb. superfl.
  • Picea religiosa (Kunth) Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2349 (1838).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca). Southern America Central America Guatemala. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mirbel, C.F.B. de 1825. Essai sur la distribution géographique des Conifères. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 13: 28–76. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nelson Sutherland, C.H. 2008. Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas. xxix + 1576 pp. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SERNA/Guaymuras. ISBN 978-99926-44-80-5 Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 

Links

• Farjon, A. 2013. Abies religiosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T39592A2929657.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Abies religiosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 March 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Abies religiosa. Published online. Accessed: 6 March 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Sacred Fir
español: Oyamel
suomi: Meksikonpihta

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